UPDATE: ‘Magic Mike’ Sequel Moved Up To Wednesday Before Fourth Of July

UPDATED, 3:15 PM:Warner Bros said today it will give moviegoers two extra days to ogle Magic Mike XXL next Independence Day weekend. The sequel has been moved from July 3 to July 1. No Roman candle jokes, please.

PREVIOUSLY:Warner Bros has set Magic Mike XXL for July 3, 2015. The sequel to the 2012 film directed by Steven Soderbergh that was informed by Channing Tatum‘s early days as a male stripper. This is the latest extension of the pic that Soderbergh and Tatum hatched and financed themselves. It was a risk that turned into a major score when the original movie starring Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer and other made $113.7M at the domestic box office — one of Soderbergh’s most lucrative movies ever — and has since spawned a Broadway musical now in the works.